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Small changes in construction costs
The index of residential buildings increased by 0.1 per cent in September compared with August this year. Material costs rose by 0.2 per cent in the same period.
The material costs of plumbing increased the most last month, by 2.5 for detached houses and by 1.9 per cent for multi-dwelling houses.
The construction costs of residential buildings rose by 3.3 per cent in September 2002 compared with September 2001. Labour costs and material costs increased by 5.0 and 2.3 per cent respectively, in the same period.
Construction cost index for residential buildings. January 2000=100 |
September 2002 | Per cent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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August-September 2002 | September 2001-September 2002 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residential buildings1 | 111.1 | 0.1 | 3.3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residential buildings, labour cost | 113.6 | 0.0 | 5.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residential buildings, materials | 109.8 | 0.2 | 2.3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detached houses of wood | 111.0 | 0.1 | 3.3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detached houses of wood, materials | 109.5 | 0.1 | 2.1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Multi-dwelling houses | 111.5 | 0.1 | 3.6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Multi-dwelling houses, materials | 110.8 | 0.3 | 3.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Construction cost index for residential buildings is weighted by index for detached houses of wood and index for multi-dwelling houses. |
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